Editing Process #2 Blog Post

    After we edited the project, we wanted to go over the project overall to see if it met the expectations we had set when we first began editing.

    Even though we had not been able to finish the entirety of the editing, we still wanted to review over our footage to make sure that we felt it was strong before we continued with editing our project.

    To start off our editing revisions, we began to realize that we were missing clips. We had come to this realization because Vanessa pointed out that her clip of something wasn't there. Her footage of Asher's pencils and highlighters at the park were somehow erased from my SD card, causing us to lose it entirely. Even though we didn't have the clip, we had made up the lost time by already wanting to extend the length of some clips.

    Another point of interest during our revision process was the conversation between Asher and Austin. With my group trying to include music along with the sound of the conversation and the background noises, a lot of conflicting sounds were erupting from the sequence. This had caused some of the points in the conversation to feel obstructed by the surrounding audio and noises. We eventually ended up lowering the music in the scene to let the conversation play more naturally, allowing the sequence to feel more real in the process.

    However, a major piece that was missing from the opening was the sequence involving Asher sharpening his pencil, which would help to build tension right before he murdered Austin. When I was editing the surrounding sequences, I had most likely assumed it was an outtake because it had started like another sequence. However, with the overall review of the clip, we were able to add in the sequence and make it more like our planned outline from our storyboard.

    We had also been able to catch more sequences with accidental reveals of equipment and elements that we had wanted to remove. In doing this, we were able to help finalize and make our footage more professional.

    Unfortunately, Jean Paul did not have time today to help in the revisions. However, me and Vanessa were been able to finish most of our revisions, and we sent the overall footage to Jean Paul, who will be able to provide his insight to our changes.

    Even though we have not been able to finish the rest of the editing and still have some revisions to make, we have fixed and are now fully confident in most of the major section, which is the park scene, of the opening. With this assurance, we can quickly edit in the coming days along with preparing for our CCR and doing research on it.